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Ex-Radical Group Member Says University Ending Job
AP via ABC News ^ | April 22, 2014

Posted on 04/22/2014 3:09:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A former member of the radical 1970s group the Symbionese Liberation Army says the University of Illinois has told him he'll lose his job teaching there.

James Kilgore said Tuesday that he was told earlier this month that the university will not let him teach classes after this semester. He said he was not told why, but he suspects the university was pressured by donors or people with political connections.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: academia; fired; highereducation; jameskilgore; sla

1 posted on 04/22/2014 3:09:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They probably found an even bigger America-hater to take his place....


2 posted on 04/22/2014 3:14:35 PM PDT by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

:: He said he was not told why, but he suspects the university was pressured by donors or people with political connections. ::

Well, maybe Patty’s relatives have some stroke at UIC.


3 posted on 04/22/2014 3:20:14 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Probably some tick off conservative donor


4 posted on 04/22/2014 3:26:38 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Six years for accessory to murder?

What happened to the bank robbery, kidnapping, and murder charges????

5 posted on 04/22/2014 3:27:36 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Kilgore was released from prison in 2009 after serving six years for his role in the killing of housewife Myrna Opsahl during a 1975 bank robbery.

Maybe that has something to do with it.

6 posted on 04/22/2014 3:31:58 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

As old as he is if he does not have tenure by this time he has no publications, and very bad student evaluations. The hard, radical left are often the laziest faculty members who either don’t publish or only publish garbage but survive because they have the right ideology.

The guy has to be 60+ to have been a member of that group; maybe the university is simply enforcing a mandatory retirement age for non-productive faculty?


7 posted on 04/22/2014 3:34:37 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: awelliott
The universities are very forgiving when it comes to the terrorist douchebags from the radical left. The same universities who wouldn't hire a law abiding conservative. I'm sure if Mumia ever got out of prison there would be a line of universities vying for his services. It's not hard to see why so many meat head college students love Che and Fidel.
8 posted on 04/22/2014 3:36:08 PM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who the he[[ would hire a former SLA?


9 posted on 04/22/2014 4:06:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Who the he[[ would hire a former SLA?

More than a few institutes of "higher" learning would consider such slime to be the crown jewel of the faculties...

10 posted on 04/22/2014 4:12:06 PM PDT by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ya think??? you are useless, why would anybody pay you to teach anything???


11 posted on 04/22/2014 4:19:10 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all else)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How often do we hear of conservative, law-abiding professors and adjuncts being let go for their political views?

Almost never because they are never hired.


12 posted on 04/22/2014 9:04:45 PM PDT by Gingersnap
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To: Cicero

He was freely roaming the earth for 28 years between the murder and imprisonment?
At least vs Ayers/Dohrn he did time.


13 posted on 04/22/2014 9:10:45 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

“”I think this decision by the university needs to be brought into light,” Kilgore said. “I think it amounts to political interference in the academic freedom of a university.”-——


Oh,now I get it. He’s concerned about ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Idiot.

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14 posted on 04/22/2014 9:14:34 PM PDT by Mears
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